CTB Problem - Everything black plots in color

I have a CTB from another contractor to accompany their files which we have
to plot. When I select their CTB, a plot preview shows every pen in color
even tho' they all are set to black. Selecting one of our CTBs shows
correctly in a plot preview. This has been tried on several workstations,
restarting AutoCAD, rebooting, etc. I even converted the CTB to an STB and
converted the drawing to use STBs and STILL the problem persists. Moving
the CTB from it's network folder to my local Plot Styles folder actually
solved the problem. However, this NOT an acceptable solution.

On a similar note, we have had the same problem with our own CTBs after
making a single change to one pen. Every pen showed as color despite being
assigned black. Each affected CTB had to be rebuilt from scratch using the
acad.ctb.

All of our CTBs are networked, non-local and read-only for drafting
standards purposes. Preferences are updated on each dwg startup to include
the dwg's folder in the CTB search path allowing for non-standard CTBs to be
located in the folder of the dwg that requires it.

Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and/or how to solve it?

Thanks,
Josh

Land Desktop 2002, SP1
HP1055 (networked),
WinXP, SP1

 

Josoh -

While waiting for an answer, The discussion group search engine
provides flexibility for searching through existing message
content. To search:

1. Go to http://discussion.autodesk.com/

2. Select a product (Example: AutoCAD which includes print/plot)

3. Type your keywords into the search box and click Search. I
used "black color" as search words and got back 122 previous
discussions on that subject. You might do so and take a look
through them.

Note: You can further refine your query by selecting a specific
discussion group from the dropdown provided. Your group choices
will vary in the drop down, based on where you have navigated on
the discussion group site.

Search results are sorted by relevance (a complex query of all
relevant content based on your keywords and group choices).
Clicking on the message result will display the entire thread
(the series of messages and replies).

 

Thanks Anne but the topics I found don't address my issue and I don't have
time to dig thru poorly worded subject lines....thanks tho'.

Doesn't someone have an answer?

 

Do you have a check in the "Plot with plot styles" box under the expanded
portion of the plot dialog box?

John

 

Sure do. Even tried switching that on and off a few times to no avail.